Given name
Faridah
“a unique woman”
Faridah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a unique woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a unique woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faridah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Faridah’s family of names
Faridah has a related form in Farida. Faridah has a related form in Farideh. Faridah has a related form in Fareeda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Faridavariant
- Fareedahvariant
- Fareedavariant
- Fareidahvariant
- Fareidavariant
- Fariedahvariant
- Fariedavariant
- Fareadahvariant
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Faridah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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